McDonald is shadow transport secretary

Andy McDonald has been appointed Labour’s shadow transport secretary following the resignation of Lilian Greenwood in protest at Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the party. McDonald is the MP for Middlesbrough.

Taylor leads RATP Dev in London

RATP Dev has appointed Fiona Taylor managing director for its London bus operations, London United and London Sovereign. She is currently project director for the East Midlands rail franchise tender at the DfT, and has previously worked for Network Rail and BAA.

Phil Bateman MBE has retired from his position as Confederation of Passenger Transport manager for the West Midlands region. Bateman, who is a Labour councillor on the City of Wolverhampton Council, joined CPT in 2008 from Travel West Midlands, where he had held a number of roles over 20 years including corporate affairs director. David Warrilow takes over as manager for the East and West Midlands next month. He is a former sales manager with Evobus UK.

Stephen Glaister has been re-appointed chair of the Office of Rail and Road until December 2017. Glaister, who was appointed chair in January, is also emeritus professor of transport and infrastructure at Imperial College, London.

Chris Cheek is stepping down from the board of directors of the TAS Partnership, having served since its incorporation in 1994.